Disappearing Letters (Tracing Practice)

Drew doesn't like to trace letters very often, at least not on paper, but he loves water so I knew he'd do this kind of tracing practice!

During nap time I went out to the patio and made some large letters and lines with chalk.

Then I filled some old condiment bottles with water.

When the kids woke up, I gave them each a bottle and told them to trace the lines with the water and make them disappear.

This was a big hit. I refilled those bottles many, many, many times. Drew started tracing the letters, then decided a broad sweeping motion across the entire patio would be more effective, and that of course led to drenching everyone and everything in sight.

Lainey went straight for trying to squirt her brother.

A nice thing about this activity that I didn't anticipate was the water made the chalk seem to disappear when it was wet, but once dry the letters were all still there so I didn't have to make them again.

After we did this activity, I saw a similar post at Train Up A Child. Be sure to check it out - she added a little something extra that I'm sure my kids would have loved!

What a fun idea. I totally want to try this with my kids. Anything involving water and what seems to be magical will be a big hit. I'm visiting from "I Can Teach My child." Glad I found you. Jodi @ www.meaningfulmama.com